Probably from LEA trying to get me to break the conditions of my
release, supposedly about a particular story.
I'm deliberately NOT mentioning the name of the story; though it WAS
the one the Prosecution missed the whole point of; and then tried to
get said point suppressed when they brought that particular story into
the trial.
I thought some people might be interested in my reply:
At 07:37 PM 1/1/2012 -0800, he wrote:
>That story was incredibly sexy and i was wondering if you had
>anymore you could send to me.
Nope. Sorry.
You'll have to find stories yourself.
> I'm now a huge fan of your work. Especially the inclusion
>of the mom watching/taking part. I was also curious how old
>were you intending the daughter to be.
Ah ... But that was the whole POINT: I wasn't.
Every good story has at least one point. Look for it/them.
That's a tiny part of what makes stories literature.
Making the reader think is another part.
There are others ....
> Thank you very much for writing that magnificent story.
>your fan
Glad you liked it.
Sorry I really can't discuss my specific stories or where they are at
present.
I can only discuss stories in general.
Well ... OK ... I can discuss MY stories in general:
They're literature.
They're carefully crafted ... "Art", if you wish.
Almost all are political propaganda first and everything else second.
They're all love-stories.
They all have points or twists intended to surprise the reader or make
him/her think.
They tend to leave as much as possible to the imagination of the
reader. (See above.)
They're intended to be FUN to read ... a light read ... mostly.
Most have at least some humor ... some of it dark-humor ... and some
carefully hidden humor.
And finally, every one of MY stories (with one possible exception of
the short one written in response to a flame-war, pointing out the
silliness of BOTH sides), I wouldn't mind exchanging places with any
one of the main characters, were it possible.
In doing-so, and in-keeping with the main-aims of being true
literature (and as-said, political propaganda), every one of my
stories is intended to make the reader THINK, and hopefully examine
his/her preconceptions as to whether they are actually valid.
Propaganda is a dirty word these days.
And yet ... We're bombarded with it from political parties on all
sides.
We also get clobbered with essentially the same thing in advertising.
Funny that:
"Advertising" is considered decent and honorable.
"Propaganda" is considered dirty and dishonorable.
And yet ... They're exactly the same thing; just different words for
same.
"Advertising my views" is what I do to get my point about the truth
across.
"Propaganda" is what you do to distort the truth about me.
Yeah, right.
Political Propaganda is supposedly the most protected of all Free
Speech under the First Amendment; because without the right to speak
up and complain or try to change what we feel are unjust laws, none of
us really has any rights at all.
That's why we raise such objections when other countries like China
convict and imprison their citizens for complaining about unjust
conditions in their homelands.
My stories are *MY* objection and method of trying to change what I
feel are wrong, stupid, or unjust laws (or the way they are enforced)
in THIS country. This sort of writing has a long and hallowed record
in History, from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to "A Modest Proposal".
Some people feel that if something is illegal, then people shouldn't
even be allowed to discuss or try to change the law making it so.
Idiots.
The Framers of our Constitution, when they put in the first ten
amendments, made the point of protecting people's rights to complain,
to gather together, and to write and publish such complaints the very
FIRST item to be listed; and with good reason: Without THAT right,
none of the others exist.
Stories and satire (yes, like my stories) have a long and venerable
history of pointing out things that need changing by extremely
exaggerating things to the point where the laws they seem to be
flouting begin to look ridiculous.
And ... That is the point:
A law cannot be made to look ridiculous, unless to some extent it is.
You cannot make the law-of-gravity look ridiculous, for example.
But a law limiting what people can say, speak about, or believe?
Look again at the First Amendment; and see why they included not
allowing State Religion in almost the same sentence as they protected
people's rights to peacefully assemble, speak about their grievances
and have a place to publish what they have to say ....
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/First_amendment
Even if by making up "dirty stories" to make fun of silly, stupid, or
badly enforced laws by turning the whole concept upside-down to the
point of what IS illegal here-and-now might be not just legal under
another system, but *enforced*.
Sometimes we have such things in reality here-and-now.
For example: In the USA, we have (and have-had) "blue laws" that
essentially ENFORCE religious observance of Sunday ... While in other
countries, particularly Communist ones ... Such observance is at least
effectively outlawed.
So, we don't NEED to write fantasy stories about such laws of either
kind. We only need document the ridiculous that happens when either
law takes over.
However, SILLY laws, or counterproductive laws (Like, for-example, the
so-called "War on Drugs" that causes far more problems than it
solves.) truly NEED to be ridiculed and yes, stories written that turn
the idea of solving personal problems like drug-addiction by making it
illegal into as silly a proposition as Prohibition turned out to be.
However, THAT issue isn't my problem. Other people are making the
case well enough without me. I picked an issue that isn't being
addressed by others.
I'm NOT a public-orator; and my personal charisma is almost negative.
However, I CAN write a readable, humorous, and middlin'-interesting
story.
Stories that make such a point.
Stories that ARE literature, if only by making said point.
AND, if nobody else is willing to stand up and write such stories or
otherwise fight what I see as wrong, silly, stupid, or badly-enforced
laws ....
Well, then it becomes a civic-duty for me to do so.
Sorry ... You pulled my chain.
The soapbox is empty.
NEXT!
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